From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1384A1381F3 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:15:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B17F6E08DD; Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:15:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C0D17E08D5 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:15:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.33] (188.Red-83-37-89.dynamicIP.rima-tde.net [83.37.89.188]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: pacho) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5417233D876 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:15:11 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <1366006508.26280.3.camel@localhost> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] About how many spaces a tab represents From: Pacho Ramos To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:15:08 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20130415072130.37a813d8@pomiocik.lan> References: <1365974524.26280.2.camel@localhost> <20130415072130.37a813d8@pomiocik.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.8.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: 8f67627e-2987-4f4f-97cc-bedb1b7735d9 X-Archives-Hash: 9fcaa184174d4dea3de6e4c6c18a238e El lun, 15-04-2013 a las 07:21 +0200, Michał Górny escribió: > On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:22:04 +0200 > Pacho Ramos wrote: > > > I noticed this problem now that joe was modified to comply with this > > rule set in devmanual: > > http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/file-format/index.html#indenting-and-whitespace > > > > It stated a tab represents 4 spaces. Where does this rule come from? Why > > 8 spaces wasn't chosen instead? I say that because looks like 8 spaces > > equivalence is used by tools like "cat", "less", even CVS reports in > > gentoo-commits show tabs as 8 spaces instead of 4. > > Hmm, does that have implications on anything else but counting line > width? > Well, I was a bit surprised an ebuild I was thinking was looking in a way, was really shown a bit different when, for example, simply running less over it :/